BE 439X Engineering World Health - Study Abroad
Engineering World Health is a U.S.-based non-profit organization that engages the skills and passions of students and professionals from around the globe to improve healthcare delivery in low-income countries. In this study abroad course, student engineers use their unique abilities to install and repair life-saving equipment in resource-poor hospitals, and to train local technicians in order to build sustainable capacity. There are EWH programs in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to choose from. The program involves a home-stay with a local family and interactions with other student engineers placed by EWH in the community. Students work at the hospital each day as their "job". There are several fun outings planned through EWH as well. Students who engage in this program will already have taken a clinical engineering course as a prerequisite.